Nadal and Blake are playing extremely well right now that their semifinal match is anybody's game IMHO. It will be a very interesting and exciting match to say the least. My heart says Blake but my mind says Nadal. I will be glued to my tv screen.

Didn't you see the poll in which the majority of folks said Marcos would beat Nadal, and the posts saying that Rafa won't be able to handle Marcos's flat shots????

I agree James will be tougher. But this court is slow, and Nadal said in his press conference that the US Open was his worst tournament of 2005. He said James played well, but he was not playing his best tennis. He said today, "If I play my best tennis, I believe I will have chances, no?"

I agree with Nadal. I was at that match, at the US Open, and I have never seen Nadal play worse. If he plays near his normal level, he will obliterate Blake. BTW, Baghdatis is a much better player than Blake. Blake is playing the best tennis of his life, that's true but he is still very very overrated.

Are you people crazy? Blake has an excellent chance of beating Nadal tonight. And why would you assume if they're both playing their best, this is a gimme for Nadal? You can hurt Nadal if you attack early in a point--Blake does this well (both return and serve.) Plus, his quickness is just as good as Nadal's (though I will admit that Nadal is uncanny at his ability to be stretched wide and somehow hit winners).

If Blake is on mentally--i.e., if he plays like he did against Andeev--I think this one will go to Blake.

I agree with Nadal. I was at that match, at the US Open, and I have never seen Nadal play worse. If he plays near his normal level, he will obliterate Blake. BTW, Baghdatis is a much better player than Blake. Blake is playing the best tennis of his life, that's true but he is still very very overrated.

hmm.....I'm gonna have to disagreeon all three counts there...if Nadal plays anywhere near his "normal" level, and Blake plays the way he played all week, I don't see Nadal "obliterating" Blake by any stretch of the imagination. If he wins, it will be close, or if Blake is off his game. As far as Baghdatis being "much better than Blake"...another outlandish and well...un-savy comment...lol...I can't think of one thing that Baghdatis does better than Blake....even if you were to make an argument that he is better than him, it certainly wouldn't be "much better"....thirdly, Blake is underrated if anything, at least around these parts...I don't remember too many people giving him much of a chance at cracking the top 10, and most wrote him off a while ago as a mentally weak pretty boy with a forehand...he's worked on the flaws of his game and improved probably more than anyone I can think of in the last year...His improved backhand has opened up the rest of his game dramatically, especially on return of serve, his first has gotten much more consistent, his defense is night and day improved, he has improved his shot selection 100%, and his confidence and mental toughness is as high as anyone's right now.

I agree with Nadal. I was at that match, at the US Open, and I have never seen Nadal play worse. If he plays near his normal level, he will obliterate Blake. BTW, Baghdatis is a much better player than Blake. Blake is playing the best tennis of his life, that's true but he is still very very overrated.

He played bad becuase he couldn't run down all of the forehands that Blake were blasting at him?